Did a speedtest on my 4G WiFi broadband connection after billbennettnz wrote about speeds.
Happy with our rural residential speed (I can see the cell tower from here) here at Waikawa Beach, Horowhenua.
Things just aren't going well for Peg, in relationships or work in Peril in Silver Nightshade (The Pegasus Quincy Mystery Series Book 4) by Lakota Grace. 📚
Somehow she ends up dealing with Silver, a talented con artist who trusts no-one but herself. Then there's bad boy Wolf too…
So far mine looks like this:
I put my thoughts into words and words into action… or something…
One of the ‘features’ of living at the beach is that sometimes dead animals wash up. Presumably they’ve been washed down from one of the rivers north of us.
Today I reported a dead calf and asked the Council to remove it …
The flu season has started earlier this year, with… nasty strains circulating.… for those who were otherwise healthy, this year's flu could be more serious than the Omicron strains circulating
Flu knocked me flat!
Woohoo, later this year we’ll be spending several days at Sinalei Reef Resort and Spa, Samoa South Pacific - Island Resort. See the video.
It was a beautiful still and warm morning at the beach — 19C. Someone had cleverly stacked driftwood to make a seat. I sat there and recorded the sea for a few moments.
Another in a series I enjoy — Goodbye Linden Square (A Port Alma Murder Mystery Book 7) by Anne Shillolo. 📚
The crimes keep piling up in Port Alma — dead bodies, a bomb on a boat, sniper fire, kidnapping — but are they all connected? And why?
A nice prequel short story to the Pegasus Quincy mystery series by Lakota Grace — Bad Day at Black Canyon: 📚
When Peg leaves for Arizona and her new job as a rookie sheriff's deputy, she discovers major roadblocks ahead, not to mention a gremlin or two.
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After 2 weeks of the flu I’m better but still nowhere near fully recovered. The coughing is reducing, thank goodness but my energy levels are really low. A quick trip to buy groceries and PJs meant we were out for 2 hours. Then I needed a nap! Frustrating — there are things I want to do.
I can never remember how to tell native Toitoi apart from exotic Pampas Grass. Whichever this is down by lake Te Puna a te Ora it looks pretty fab.
Whew. Deb and I have done final cleanup at the house we’ve sold, passed keys to the agent, signed papers with the lawyer. All that’s left now is to see the money in the bank account. A few more days…
This ~7 minute video is a really useful explainer from MinuteFood about how a microwave oven works — what it actually does to the food inside. Recommend. The weird thing about microwaves
The anti-woman language of gynaecology, eg the hostile uterus
. Listen to the ~1 minute clip from Quirks and Quarks, A view on the womb.
Leah Hazard … the more she learned about the uterus, the more she was surprised about what scientists and healthcare professionals don't know about it
Bought back in September 2020; I must have read the first book then. Totally forgot what it was about. Read the second book this week and it ranks very high on the improbability scale. That aside, it was an OK read.
The Girl and the Ocean — Boxset by Alexandria Clarke. 📚
I walked ‘all the way’ to lake Te Puna o te Ora in the sun and fresh air and quiet this morning. (It’s less than 500 metres away.)
Although I did drive to the doctor yesterday this was my first ‘outing’ in over a week. Looking forward to building back up to some good walks.
Autumn sunrise.
One of life's eternal mysteries: if there's a duvet cover in the wash how does all the other washing end up inside it by the end?
This 35 minute podcast episode is so interesting. Pet lovers, tune in! Death in the Afternoon: INTERVIEW: Uncovering Pet Death’s Greatest Mystery:
The author of history’s most influential piece of animal mourning literature had been lost…until now. Learn the incredible true story behind The Rainbow Bridge.
Well, that's unusual: two sizeable quakes within moments of one another. The pheasants were busy with their special earthquake alarm calls. 〰️
A 5.7 at 1016 and a 5.4 at 1019.
